Toy balloon



Feb. 12 1924. 1,483,150

A. P. WlTTEN TOY BALLOON Filed May 6.1920

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Application filed May 6,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR P. WITTEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Toy Balloons, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a new and novel improvement in toys and hasparticular relation to toy balloons. The object of the invention is toprovide a strong, substantial inflatable balloon which in use willprovide amusement and entertainment and which may be manufactured at alow cost.

Another object is to provide a balloon which has a body portion and ahead portion and which may, when inflated, be used as a doll or puppet,and which when not in use may be deflated and folded so as to occupy aminimum of space.

A still further object is to provide a means to connect two or moreballoons so that the same may be inflated simultaneously.

An additional object is to provide a balloon upon which lines may bedrawn in caricature of real or imaginary individuals and thereby providea toy which will attract more than ordinary attention.

I accomplish the above and additional objects by the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts, herein described and illustratedin the accompanying drawing in which I have shown a preferred embodimentof the invention, it being unden stood that the invention is capable ofvarious adaptations and that changes and variations may be made orsubstitutions resorted to which come within the spirit of the inventionor the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings in which similar numerals of reference are employed todesignate corresponding parts,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a balloon constructed in accordancewith this invention showing the same in an inflated condition.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of same.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the head portion of said balloon.

Figure 4: is a perspective view of thering employed in connecting thehead and body ortions.

F'gure 5 is a front elevation of the body 920 Serial No. 379,264.

the numeral 6 is used generally to indicate the body portion of theballoon which is constructed of rubber or other thin elastic material inthe form of a bag, provided with an opening at each end. Both the lowerend 7 and the upper end 8 converge in the form of a tube. The end 7being provided with an integral elastic grommet 13 which is positionedtherearound at the downwardly extending end thereof. The ring 9 may becon structed of any suitable material, but I prefer to use wood becauseof its light weight. The tubular portion of the end 8 of the bag 6 isconstructed substantially larger than the end portion 7 so that the samemay be carried upward through the ring 9 and then turned back over theperiphery of said ring. The head 10 is constructed in the form of a bag,preferably in the form of a sphere, and is provided with a tubular neckwhich is adapted to be stretched tightly over the ring 9 so as tocompletely cover the portion of the neck 8 which has been drawn backupon said ring as hereinbefore set forth. The head 10 is composed ofrubber or other thin elastic material and is relatively less elasticthan the body 6.

The head may be provided with lines or marks 12 to represent thefeatures of a real or imaginary individual and the body may also beprovided with marks or lines to represent articles of dress as denotedby the numeral 14. i

In use, the neck 7 may be provided with any desired form of valve ormouth piece and may be connected in the usual manner to a whistle orsquawker (not shown). The balloon is inflated by forcing air or othersuitable liquid into the opening in the neck 7 under suflicient force tostretch and expand the body portion 6. The head portion 10 being lesselastic than the body portion 6 will become rigid upon inflation, butwill not expand to any considerable extent. The body 6 possessing agreater degree of elasticity will be stretched or expanded as shown inFigure 1.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. In a toy balloon, the combination of anelastic inflatable body portion, having an opening in each end thereof,an elastic inflatable head portion and a cylindrical ring, one end ofsaid body portion being secured to said ring and turned backWardlythereupon; the mouth of said head portion being secured over said ringso that a fluid tight connection is maintained between said body portionand head portion. a

2. A toy balloon comprising in combina- 10 tion an inflatable,distensible, elastic body portion, having an opening at each endthereof, an inflatable, relatively less distensible, elastic headportion; and a rigid neck portion adapted to connect said head portionto said body portion with a cornmunieating opening therebetween.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ARTHUR P. WITTEN.

